Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-03
DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON
How the Two Drunken Cowboys at Anselmo
Met Their Fate.
THEY DEFlED THE SHERIFF.
The Coroner's Jury Brings In a Yer
dict OF Justifablc Homicide-Ex-
citement Runs High and Citi.
zcns Fear Attack.
A DcDauch of Death.

BROKEN Bow, Neb., April 3.-rSpeclal
Telegram to the BEE. Further particulars
of the shooting at Ansemo have reached
Broken Bow. II seems that Yesterday after
noon two cowboys named Hugh Fitzpatrick
and Billy Degan. ofStern' ranch, some sixty
miles above Anselmo, came to Anselmo and
began their sport in the usual routine by
drinking. shooting and otherwise demuraliz-
Ing the peace and safety of the community.
While in one of the billiard halls DEAN got
INTO slight alteration with Charles Murray
and shot him through the foot. A dispatch
to Sheriff Penn soon brought him to the
scene of action, when the arrest of Fitz
patrcH and Degan was attempted. In the
meantime the cowboys had got wind of the
sheriff s coming and rode into the country
about half a mile, where they carefully
loaded their revo!vers and started for the
town with horses on a run, and when in front
of Humphrey Smiths hardware store were
met by the sheriff and his trio OF deputies.
The sheriff yelled for them to throw up their
hands. They refused and reached for their
revolvers. The sheriff shot and killed one OF
the horses and his deputy wounded the other
BY this time Fitzpatrick had his revolver out
and the sheriff and deputies fired on them.
Fitzpatrick was shot through the heart and
dropped dead and Degan lived
about fifteen minutes, FitZ-
patrick moaned aud gasped for
breath, but that was all. Dcgan said: "You
have got us down. Come and take US. l
guess Hugh is dead.' kilograms were sent
to the ranch informing the friends of the
death of the boys and asking them to come,
whereupon telegram was sent to Broken
BOW Tor hel p, as they were afraid of their
property being burned. THIS morning as the
train left Front. about forty miles west OF
friends had just reached the end of the
track, and men on horseback started for the
ranch with the terrible information that
their pals were, dead. The arrival of the
noon and In anticipation of such, people are
fleeing from the town. Four deputies left
last night for Anselmo and things at present
are unchanged from last night. The cor
verdict was brought in of justiliable homi-
eide The upper country is all excitement and
vague reports are numerous. 1t Is hard to
predict what. will happen, but it is generally
Dorr Heppleman and c. d. Pelham will be
burned. as it seems the cowboys are under
the impression that they have been betrayed
in some way, During the winter a great
license and Anselmo is a sort of rendezvous
for those who imbibe. One of the whisky
| men has left and Others are expected to leave
soon. The trouble is all laid to whisky, as
the cowboys, when sober, are very courteous
and well behaving.
telegram was Just received from Anselino
asking for help. An extra coach was run up
Tonight and posse OF Twenty-Five armed
men have gone to defend it, The cowboys
are expected, and excitement is very high.
The men who went from here tonight are
determined, and fatal results will follow if
the cowboys arrive as anticipated.